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EDUCATIONAL GAME Filed April 11, 1925 2 Sheets$heet 1 r 4/0 aura/mm Nov. 24, 1925. "562,778

' T. F. M GOWAN EDUCAT I ONAL GAME Filed April 11. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lvz van; 7'.

Patented Nov. 24,

reams TERRENCE F. MGGOWAN, OF BOSTDI MASSACHUSETTS.

EDUCATIONAL GAME.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Timur-Non F. MclirowAN, a citizen of the United States of .Z-Xmerica and a resident of Boston, inthe county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of ll'I-assachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Educational Games, of which the following is a specificzu tion.

This invention relates to a game, and more particularly to a game having qualities for the advancement of theeduca-tion of the players.

It is an object oi the invention to produce a simple, and easily understood and learned, game, which is educational in character and which may he a )p-lied in .many ways and cover a variety or nterestin and ins-tructire subjecte V l a l A. thither-object of the invention is to so devise a game of the aboy lass that a pla by one person indicates t more or action to be taken by that person and also dictates the mov e or ac ion olt the next player.

Dl'her objects of the invention will he liillly understood from a description of the drawings and the claims hereinafter given.

Mil the drawings: l igur-e 1 represents a plan vieavo't a -gan 1e board a anged to embody the u. 'entio-n.

lii u-res 2 and are details o l certain portions of the game apparatus shown in. lfi ige'ure l.

l? a 'ure 1- .a view similar to Figuae 2 .on .a slightly our 'ed scale, and hayiizig a certain portion t ereo't broken away for clear- ,uess.

lhigl-i-uc is -a part section taken on the line 5 5 lllig zure 1, and on an enlarged scale Lilac characters represent like parts throughout the several figures .ol the draw is.

kit) thence-E with Application filed April 11, 1925- Serial No. 22AM.

out departing "from the spirit and'seope oi? the invention.

1 In the present instance it; is preferred to arrange the majority'ot theggaineparts on a board 10, while other parts such as markers 11 may be detached for the purpose of shifting them about the board.

As the game is intended primarily as an educational amusement, it is preferred tor purposes of explanation to illustrate it as being played on a territory familiar to the players, and in iew of that fact an indicar tion of the map-oi the United States is chosen as a fitting subject and ground for thegainef I Let it be supposed that two players have previously agreedupon the rules and have enteredra contest as regards time, distance and .capitalso-r cities visited or touched upon a supposed tourof the United States, which 01 course is subject to the plays or the result of plays made by each one in turn and that each of the players starts at a given point such as the capital .cityof hllassachusetts Boston. as indicated at B, and that the one reaching the Pacific coast 01' ,a given point thereon first shall be declared the winner,

The markers 11 which may be pins or other suitable devices will be positioned in close proximity to the capital city or other point from which the contest starts and the first player will cause the scalloped disk 12 to -be rotated about the'pivot 13, and before the start of play will see that the flaps 1ft oil-T thesaid disk (are each opposite a numbered space of the dial 15 as seen in Figures 1, 2

and

"l his move is made so that previous knowledge oil? the location o'l lIlflVt-ES or plays that migil'it be made will be offset.

The first player now turns back one ol. the llaps 14' as seenin liigure 3 which happens to be the flap that at that ,Ifoe is opposite the numeual 5, and inside the inner clircfle or disk 1'6 now exposed, a 'clharac u" appears which happens to be the letter bf? indicating to that player that the first more :lor his marker 11 ,is in a southerly direction and to the nearest lState, Statecapital or city as previously .agreed upon which we will say in the present instance is Providence, the capital of Rhode Island. I

Upon the reverse side of the turned flap 14 another character appears which happens to be the numeral 12 indicating to the next player that his move or play is to turn back the flap opposite to that number on his portion of the game board as seen in Figure 2, and which exposes for his instruction the direction of travel he shall take, whichhappens to be the letter E, indicating that he must travel east, and since movement in that direction would take him into the ocean he will be considered as left at his starting point and not having made progress for that play.

When the second player has turned back the flap as just explained, the reverse side thereof exposes a numeral as 7, see Figure 2,

which indicates to his opponent the direc-V tion of travel he must or may assume, which in this instance is Travel any Direction as would appear as the flap opposite that number shows, by viewing Figure 4, which instruction would naturally be followed to the best advantage of that player.

In. the above manner the game may, progress until one or the other ofthe players first attains the object in view.

If agreed upon, the means of transportation may be included in the game, as for insta ce, in the case of the first players turning back the'flap opposite the numeral 5, his direction of travel is indicated asS or south, and by reference to the transportation indicator T it will be seen that under the numeral 5 appears the word Boat which indicates that the player must travel by boat and if such method of travel is impossible he will be obliged to remain at the starting point until such time as his instructions dictate either land or airtransportation.

In the present instance it is possible for the player to travel from Boston to Providence by boat and consequently he will take advantage of the opportunity to move from p the starting point.

In the event that a players marker is so located that a play by him calls for movement in a certain direction, andbyland, and water intervenes, or must be crossed to arrive at the place or point indicated, the marker will not be moved and the player must wait till such time as the direction and method of transportation are agreeable to such a move. 7

After each play, and when the player has noted his direction of movement, and the opposing player has alsonoted his instruction, the flap 14 will be turned to its original position in preparation for use at 'a later time if the run of the play so decides.

\Vhile a map of the United States has been shown as part of the game board, it

will be understood that other maps, pictures or charts might be used and need not be affixed to the board, and while a certain set of means of transportation has been shown herein, it will be understood that changes might be made therein to suit the map or other game subject that may be used.

Having described the invention I claim 1. A game having an educational subject as a basis of play, and means, to be chosen at random and operated by the first player, whereby said player receives instruction as to his first move, and means exposed by the said first means when operated whereby the next player receives instructions as-to his first move; and means to mark each move of a player. I

2. A game having an educational subject as a basis of play, and meansvoperable by a player whereby instructions are received by him as to his first move, and at the same time partial instructions to be followed by the next player is exposed; and means to mark the moves of each player.

3. A game having an educational subject as a basis of play; means provided for each player and operable thereby, whereby each player in turn will receive instruction as to his move, and at the same time expose to view instruction for the following player, which instruction when followed reveals further instruction for said following player and at the same time reveals instruction for the next following player, and. means to mark the moves of each player.

41-. A game having an educational subject as a basis of play and comprising a board having provision for the likeness of an ed.u' cational subject thereon, and having an indicator device for each player, said device being arranged to expose to the player the move to be made by that player and to indicate the first move to be made by the following player, said device being arranged in a shiftablemanner; and meansto mark the progress of each player.

5. A game having an educational subject as a basis of play and comprising a board havingprovision for the likeness of an educational subject thereon, and having an indicator device for each player, said device being arranged to expose to the player the move to be made by that player, and to indicate the first move to be made by the following player; and an indicator arranged in conjunction with each indicator device to dictate the mode of supposed travel of the players in turn. r

6. A game having an educational subject as a basis of play and comprising a board having provision thereon for the likeness of an educational subject, and having a rotatable disk for each player, each disc having a plurality offlaps thereon, said flaps being arranged to conceal, direction characters,

and. to be aligned with spaced characters that are exposed so the View of the players, and to he turned to expose said direction characters to View; and means to mar; the progress of each player.

7. A game of the class described comprising board having a map thereon and a plurality of indicators having fiaps thereon, said flaps normally concealing direction characters arranged to be exposed to View upon turning said flaps back, other indicating means arral'iged to be aligned With said flaps; indicating means arranged to dietate modes of transportation according to the eharaerer appearing opposite the flap turned back; and means to mark the progress of the players.

Signed by me at Boston, Mass, this 7th day of April, 1925.

TERR-ENCE F. MOGOW AN. 

